§ The result
SmartRecruiters leads Workable on 6 of the 7 criteria.
SmartRecruiters sits 14 points above Workable under rubric v1.0, 62 (D) against 48 (F), with both filed under ATS-integrated. SmartRecruiters leads 6 of the 7 criteria and the remaining criterion is level, so Workable is ahead on none of them; the closest of the 6 SmartRecruiters leads is Data Governance Disclosure, SmartRecruiters 62 to Workable 58. Bias Audit Transparency is both the widest raw gap and the heaviest weighted swing — SmartRecruiters 78, Workable 42 — and at an 18% weight it carries 45% of the weighted advantage SmartRecruiters holds across the 6 criteria on that side of the table.
Vendor profile
SmartRecruiters
SmartRecruiters is an enterprise applicant tracking system and talent acquisition suite whose AI layer (the Winston assistant plus SmartAssistant/Winston Match) screens, ranks, and matches candidates to requisitions to support recruiter decisions.
Vendor profile
Workable
Workable is an all-in-one applicant tracking system and HR platform whose AI feature layer (Workable AI / Workable Agent) sources, screens, scores, and matches candidates and drafts recruiting content within the recruiting workflow.
§ The record
SmartRecruiters and Workable are both filed under ATS-integrated AI. They also share 2 secondary categories: Screening and Sourcing.
Both are in scope of EU AI Act, NYC LL 144, Colorado AI Act and Illinois HB 3773.
| Record | SmartRecruiters | Workable |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | Enterprise | Mid |
| Headquarters | US | US |
| Founded | 2010 | 2012 |
§ What decides it
The criteria that move the gap, heaviest swing first.
18% weight · 45% of the movement so far
Bias Audit Transparency
SmartRecruiters 78 · Workable 42
6.5 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
20% weight · 66% of the movement so far
Article 11 Technical Documentation
SmartRecruiters 70 · Workable 55
3.0 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 87% of the movement so far
FRIA Support
SmartRecruiters 45 · Workable 25
3.0 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
12% weight · 92% of the movement so far
Post-Market Monitoring
SmartRecruiters 48 · Workable 42
0.7 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
15% weight · 96% of the movement so far
Data Governance Disclosure
SmartRecruiters 62 · Workable 58
0.6 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
8% weight · 100% of the movement so far
Customer Documentation
SmartRecruiters 63 · Workable 56
0.6 weighted points to SmartRecruiters
Weighted delta is the raw difference times the criterion weight, so the 6 figures above sum to +14.4 — the difference between the two totals before either is rounded. Shares are of 14.4 points of movement counted without direction. The table below rounds each side to a whole number first, so its Δ raw total reads +14 beside that +14.4.
§ Category-by-category
Raw score per criterion, with weighted delta.
Δ is SmartRecruiters minus Workable.
| Category | Weight | SmartRecruiters | Workable | Δ raw | Δ weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 70 | 55 | +15 | +3.0 |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 78 | 42 | +36 | +6.5 |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 45 | 25 | +20 | +3.0 |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 62 | 58 | +4 | +0.6 |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 62 | 62 | - | - |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 48 | 42 | +6 | +0.7 |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 63 | 56 | +7 | +0.6 |
| Total | 100% | 62 (D) | 48 (F) | +14 | +14.4 |
§ Evidence
Cited sources and documented absences, criterion by criterion.
An absence is a finding, not a blank: the reviewer looked for a named artefact and recorded that it is not located. Where a source sits is a fact about hosting only.
| Criterion | Weight | SmartRecruiters | Workable | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | Cited | Absences | Audit / hosting | ||
| Article 11 Technical Documentation | 20% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Bias Audit Transparency | 18% | 1 | 0 | Audit reportSources on a separate domain | 1 | 1 | — |
| FRIA Support | 15% | 1 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 0 | 1 | — |
| Data Governance Disclosure | 15% | 2 | 0 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 3 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Human Oversight Design | 12% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| Post-Market Monitoring | 12% | 1 | 1 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
| Customer Documentation | 8% | 2 | 0 | Sources on the vendor's own domain | 2 | 1 | Sources on the vendor's own domain |
| All criteria | 100% | 11 | 2 | Audit reportSources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain | 12 | 6 | Sources on the vendor's own domainSources on a separate domain |
SmartRecruiters has 13 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 11 with a source URL, 2 documented absences; Workable has 17 evidence rows across 7 of 7 criteria — 12 with a source URL, 6 documented absences; some documentation or audit rows for SmartRecruiters and Workable sit on a domain separate from the vendor's own site.
Provenance
The scores above are documented by 30 evidence rows on file for these two vendors: 13 for SmartRecruiters, across 2 distinct source domains, and 17 for Workable, across 3 distinct source domains.
- Rubric
- v1.0
- SmartRecruiters last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
- Workable last reviewed
- June 7, 2026 · HireAIScore editorial team
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